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Zhang Shichuan

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Along with Zheng Zhenegqiu, founded Chinese cinema.

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Zheng Zhengqiu

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Along with Zhang Shichuan, founded Chinese Cinema.

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Xia Yan

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Before communist revolutions, was pushing for leftist themes in Chinese Cinema. Was in a film group for promoting socialist and leftist themes. Also became a top name in Chinese film after Communist Revolution.

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Chiang Kai Shek

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Leader of the nationalist government before communism took over. Until 1949 and retreated to Taiwan. Wanted prop nationalist films and Confucian values.

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Mao Zedong

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Leader of the Communist party in China 1949 - 1976. All art should serve politics, including film.

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Fengtai Photo Studio

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Created the first film in China. Set a camera down and filmed Beijing opera.

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Asia Film Company

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First film studio China owned.

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Mingxing

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A film company that was politically leaning left.

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Tianyi

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A film company that was politically leaning right. More conservative and nationalist.

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Tianyi

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A film company somewhere in the middle politically. More capitalist and created Goddess.

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Kunlun

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A short lived film studio after WWII. Leftist and took over after Mingxing was gone. Made Crows and Sparrows.

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May 4th Movement

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Focused on modernization and rejection of traditional values. Literary and nationalist movement. Progressives start to challenge traditional Chinese Culture. Left wing bias and the heart of the conflict within studios.

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Cinema of Attractions

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A period in Chinese film where people were watching film because of the WOW effect, not the story. Playing with special effects to make people go OOO.

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Orphan Island Cinema

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Refers to after Japan invaded China. British and French areas of Shanghai were not contested, so Chinese film was created within those areas. Thus an island.

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Left Wing Writer’s Group

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Group of left wing writers that came out of the may 4th movement. Critics of Chinese films were pushing a leftist message. Commited to using film to push social change.

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Guomindang control of film

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The nationalist party. Not too many martial art films. Controlled for leftist themes.

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Influence on film by Communist Party - Prior 1949.

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Wrote criticisms of Chinese films that were too pro government. Did influencing by criticism and trying to infiltrate studios to push a leftist message.

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Popular genres PRE 1949

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Opera - Historical dramas. Mid to late 30’s: Social message films dealing with societal issues.

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How nationalist sentiments were reflected in film production?

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Promoted traditional Chinese culture. Promoted Confusious values. Controlled the film industry.

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Conflicts between left and right understandings of nationalism?

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Left wanted to challenge traditional values and promote society by advancing into the future. Right was conservative and wanted to preserve the values.

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Main points of Mao’s Talks on Art and Literature

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Mentions that everything must serve politics.

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Mao Zedong

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Leader of the communist revolution. Art must serve politics. Jiang Qing is his wife.

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Jiang Qing

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3 prominences. Locked away movies and tortured / executed anyone who she didn’t like.

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Zhou Dan

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Little Broadcast in Crows and Sparrows. Famous actor.

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Xie Jin

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Leader in defining socialist realism. Prominent film critic prior to communist revolution and after.

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Xia Yan

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Prominent director in 1950’s using socialist realism. Criticized for having too “talky” films. Not enough art of film language.

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Hundred Flowers Movement

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Mao Zedong encouraged people to speak out against the government and allow new ideas / art to flourish. Ended up being just a ploy for people against the communist party to speak out and thus got punished doing so.

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Socialist Realism

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Communist aesthetic ideal for films. Identifiable good and bad guys. Countryside, peasantry, all working together. Collective action rather than individual.

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Cultural Revolution

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Socio-political movement aimed at reasserting communist ideology and eliminating perceived bourgeois from society. Anti-communist individuals and organizations were brutally attacked.

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3 Prominences

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Film style that Jing Qing favored in which heroes are prominent in film. Heroes are shown more prominently than bad. One main hero who is at the center. Certain film techniques: heroes from a low angle to look big. Lighting makes heroes brighter than typical.

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8 Model operas

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Films that Jiang Qing insisted were the only films to be made in the cultural revolution.

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Life of Wu Xun

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Film in the early 50s that was regarded as a good model of promoting the communist ideology. Became criticized later because workers and peasants were not the heroes but instead intellectuals.

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Changes in control and distribution of film early 1950’s

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Film got taken over by communists and goes to serve propaganda, not money. Explosion of many new theaters and access to films.

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Changes in film content and genres - early 1950s

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Promotion of socialist realist. Favored military films during this time.

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Hundred Flowers and aftermath effects on film.

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No expression after because of the punishment others received for speaking out against the government.

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Why was film’s progress hindered during socialist cinema period?

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Because the idea that art must serve politics, meant no free expression in art.

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Soviet Influences on Chinese film

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Montage filming technique from the soviet as well as other film techniques.

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Effects of Cultural Revolution on film

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Shut down any independent film production except for the 8 model operas.

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Deng Xiaoping

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Reverse what Mao did to film. Art can be made for the sake of art and it doesn’t have to serve politics.

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Chen Kaige

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Prominent 5th generation director. Directed yellow earth and farewell my concubine.

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Zhang Yimou

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5th generation director. Brought more artistic ways to make films.

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Xie Jin

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Prominent director during the cultural revolution and was criticized after.

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Chinese Film company

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Government run film company that oversaw all film production in China

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